St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-15


home rule would necessarily follow. 1t Is the
land problem which Is now the real impedi-
ment TO home rule. A home parliament could
hardly handle the land problem effectively or
eQuitably. as it necessarily, both as regards
landlords and compensation, reaches further
than purely local Irish matters. In regard to
home rule, it seems to me that something
akin 10 what our states have within the pale
of the federal union ought to be appropriate
and satisfactory. But think there would be
little contention on this score were the land
problem first radically, honestly and thor
oughly disposed of.
The Irish are clearly entitled to land re-
form-such as l have suggested-aud to
home rule. Nothing less is adequate,
or can atone for the wrongs of cen
turtles. Coercive legislation, such as is
now proposed and is pending in the British
parliament, fails to cure, and can do nothing
but irritate and try the temper of the much
tried and long enduring Irish people. The
British government ought TO realize by this
time that a race whom neither the barbarous
laws and cruel confiScations of Elizabeth,
Oliver and William, coupled with the imbe-
cility of James, could not obliterate or Subdue
that such race, never greater and more
glorious than in the days of greatest adver-
sity-can in this, the last quarter of the nine
teenth century, be subdued, or pacitied, by
any such repreSSiye legislation. Nothing but
full and complete justice can ever subdue the
lilSh pGOplc, AOluluS clSG SHOuIu uc
English people must render full atonement
for the errors of their fathers. Your truly,
KNUTE NELSON.
Alexandria, Mimi, April IL.
CONGRESSMAN WILSON.
Hon. Thomas P. Wilson, of Winona,
was then introduced. He read his address,
which was brief one.
He said the British people are now trying
to push through parliament bill that de-
prives the people of every right and liberty.
1t takes from them the right of trial by jury
in their own land. 1t leaves the oppressed i'll
the position of making bricks without straw.
The landlords are yearly bearing away from
Ireland the products which is making the
land almost barren. These outrages continue
for no reason except that might makes
right" Great Britain is like the boy in
Sunday school who was willing to
forgive anybody bigger than himself.
Parnell, Gladsto e, Davitt and their
coadjutors have sown seeds that will soon
bear fruit. 1t is controversy between the
classes and the masses. The success of those
who are praying for the passage of this bill
would be curse on England. 1t would array
ireland against England. The Irish must in
all respects be treated as equals. If could
speak so as to be heard by the Irish people
to-day, would urge them to pursue the even
tenor of their way, and victory is as sure as
night follows day. Rebellion against tyrants
Is OpcuitliCG " GOu uOpe, however, IudC
the conflict may not come. Though she has
long been tried in the furnace of oppression,
she will, like that fabed bird, rise from the
ashes pure, young and lnvigorated.
CONGRESSMAN RICE.
The next speaker was Hon. Edmund
Rice. He had not expected that he would
be called upon to speak.
The SO, 100000 of people of the United States
are tonight Irish Americans, he said All
free countries are of the opinion that Ireland
should be allowed to govern herself. This
bill is but another screw upon the Irish peo-
pie. The working classes, and God bless
them, of England are with Ireland tonight.
My heart is with you, my sympathes are with
you, and hope you will excuse me from
speaking further.
as.In the absence of United States Dis
trict Attorney Baxter, Chris Gallagher, of
Minneapolis, was the next speaker. He
said:
he'd not expected to be called upon to
speak tonight, but it is only another instance
of the kind hospitality of st. Paul people to-
wards those of Minneapolis. 1t is a sad
thought that the people on this side of tue
Atlantic should be called upon to take action
toward fair play on the other side. The
speaker dwelt IN elegant tones over the graves
of Ireland's illustrious dead. The Irish pee.
pie, the world over, would be only too glad to
part with their last dollar, if by SO DOING Ire
land could be queen of the isle and
mistress of the sea. The speaker then
quoted an extract from one of the late
Father Rvan's poems. which brought forth
storms of applause. He continued: ''A good
many may ask what does this meeting mean?
1t means simply that England may destroy
Ireland, but if she does an Ireland will spring
up on this side of the Atlantic upon which
she can not lay her bloody fingers. We may
not be able to write the epitaph over Emmett 5
grave. but we may drop our little stone on
his grave in the shape Of work. St. Paul was
the first to subscribe to the parliamentary
fund, and also the first to form a land league,
and If you can inspire little confidence in
your Minneapolis nelghbors, why keep on
Mr.. GallagherS remarks were greeted
with enthusiastic applause.
CONGRESSMAN MACDONALD.
The next speaker on the programme was
Hon. John l.. Macdonald, of Shakopee
He had not expected to speak, but simply
to assist in protesting against Ireland's
wrongs by helping to swell the number
He read an extract from the Chicago Inter
Ocean, showing that there were more GRIM
inal cases tried in Chicago in a year than in
the whole of Ireland-in fact, there are more
criminal cases in Il number OF counties of
England than in all of Ireland. Every body in
the United States who knows anything about
the facts, but voices the sentiments uttered
here tonight.
Congressman Macdonald was followed
by Attorney General Clapp, who spoke
briefly.
I've meet tonight" he said. ito protest
against one of the most atrOciOus acts ever
proposed. Ireland OF to-day attracts more
attention than the Ireland of long ago, be-
cause 1t appeals to the human sympathies.
Her struggles have come down through the
ages with varying shades of success and de-
feat. Nothing has been able to stay the prog
ress of these struggles. The God-2iyen
spirit of freedom, like history, repeats it.
self. The Irishman, find him as you may,
always gazes with fond and longing eyes to
the beloved isle of his nativity. Ireland has
wrested its most precious jewel from the
crown of England, in enisting the sympa-
thieS Of Gladstone, and She will Wrest from
England, Ireland herself. God speed the day
when every Irishman can say with pride:
This is my native land -
REV. FATHER JOHN STANLEY
was next introduced. He felt unable to
make a lengthy speech, having felt indis.
posed for several days. He could but voice
the sentiments of other speakers in protest
ing against the proposed act All English
speaking countries are in sympathy with
her struggles.
At the close of Father Shanley's remarks,
Hon. Thomas p. Wilson offered the fol-
lowing resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted:
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, Her majesty's government has
introduced into parliament and passed to a
second reading penal enactment known as
''crines amendment BILL designed for en-
forcement in Ireland; and
Whereas, Judged by the abstracts of its
provisions published in the press of the United
States, the proposed enactment is one ut
terly subversive of the fundamental principle
OF responsible and civilized government, set
ting at naught, as it does, the cOmmonest
safeguards of constitutional liberty; and
Whereas On the occasion of its introduc-
ton the chief secretary for Ireland mani
tested his incapacity TO justify such enact
nv nj Of